The UMBC agentWeb site is active again, now at
. UMBC's agentNews newsletter
will also be revived soon. Topics include agent technology
of all kinds -- intelligent, mobile, communicative, cooperative,
believable, physical, interfaces, etc. The "AgentWeb Classic"
site from two years ago will be maintained but not updated.
Contact for information.

The ICMAS-00 Trading Agent Competition will pit software
agents against each other in a challenging "travel coordinator"
market game. The agents must buy travel packages (of flights,
hotel rooms, and entertainment tickets) in electronic auctions.
Agents communicate with a Michigan Internet AuctionBot
via a TCP-based agent programming interface. Simple example
agents are available in a variety of platforms and programming
languages. Register by 15Apr00. The final round of the
competition will be held at the ICMAS-00 TAC workshop
on 08Jul00, in Boston. or
. [Peter Wurman ,
05Jan00.]